PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 June 1920, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. J. S. Connett, chairman of the" Tarnnaki County Council, left for Wellington by the mail train yesterday morning. ■ " i

At Hawera, on .Tune 9, the marriage was celebrated of Mr. W. J. Butler, of Hawera, to Miss llina Duggan, daughter of Mr. and.Mr*. L. Duggan, of Hawera. Mr. R. J. Deare, who had been selected by the West End School Committee to be a candidate for the .Education Board, has decided'not to stand, as he considers Mr, Dempsey'a experience would render him a raoro valuable member of the Iboard than he (Mr. Deare) would he if elected. Mrs. Elizabeth West died in Christchurch recently, aged S2 years. She was the widow of the late Rev. William West, of Southbridgc. She arrived in Auckland in 1863 "by the ship War Spirit, and resided afterwards at Wanganui, Kumara, Southbridgc, and Christchurch.

A proposal is on foot to \ecogn!*e in Rome tangible form the long and valued services rendered by Mr. Fred. Pirani' in the cause of education. It will probably take the form of a Wanganui educational district presentation. The Rev. J. B. Brocklchurst, vicar of St. Matthew's Church, Hastings, for the past ten years, has tendered his resignation owing to iii-hcallli. The parishioners of St. Matthew's presented him with a cheque for £356, together with an address.

A quiet wedding was celebrated at Kaponga on Wednesday, 7th inst., when Mr. Ernest Bert Candy, of Aivatuna, youngest son of Mr. Walter Candy, or' Auroa, was married to Miss Mary Magdalene Corrigan, eldest daughter of Mrs. 1). Corrigan, of Anroa. A meeting of the Southland Presbytery yesterday considered a call by St. Andrew's Church, Dunedin, to the Rev. Hector Mac Loan, of Knox Church, lnvercargfll, and decided to place it in his liands. Highly eulogistic references were made to Mr. Mac Lean's worth and work, Mr. Mac Lean intimated his acceptance of the call.—Press Association. Captain Bark, of the Earawa, who was admitted to the New Plymouth hospital on Friday, after the arrival of the vessel from Ooehunga, was operated on for appendicitis yesterday morning. The operation was successful, and it is expected that Captain Bark will be able to leave the hospital in about n fortnight's time, Mr. Alex. G. Henderson, M.A., has accepted the position of lecturer in journalism, which the Board of Governors of Canterbury College last year decided to establish. Mr. Henderson is a wellknown figure in New Zealand journalism. He started as a reporter on the Lyttelton Times, became editor of the Star (published from the same office), then associate editor of the Lyttelton Times, and, on the retirement of Mr. Robert Bell from the managing directorship, he was appointed manager of the Lyttelton Times, an experiment which proved remarkably successful. Mr. Henderson has the practical experience and the necessary scholarship to equip him for the distinguished position to whifh he has now been raised, and Canterbury v College is to be congratulated upon its wise choice. Sir Ralph Williams, K.C.M.G., ia visiting Napier. He has explored in Patag'mia, in Central Africa, and was head of the Civil Intelligence Department, Hechuanaland Kxpeditioa, 1884-85; appointed British Consular Officer South African Republic, ISS7; appointed first . British Agent South African Republic, with letter of credence, 1888; appointed Colonial Treasurer of Gibraltar, 18!)0; and also to the associated office of Captain of the Port of Gibraltar, 1895; received silver medal and vellum certificate from the Italian Government in connection with the wreck of the Utopia, 1891; Colonial Secretary of Barbados, with dormant commission of Governor, ISO7-19O1; Resident Commissioner Bechiianaland Protectorate, 19GT--1900; Governor Windward Island, l!)(i(l-9; Governor of Newfoundland, 1909-13; President of the 2nd Line of Defence for the war in British East Africa, August, 191-1; invalided home April, 1015, and received the thanks of the Governor and the General Officer Commanding.